Changes since Git for Windows v2.42.0(2) (August 30th 2023)

As announced previously, Git for Windows will drop support for Windows 7 and for Windows 8 in one of the next versions, following Cygwin's and MSYS2's lead (Git for Windows relies on MSYS2 for components such as Bash and Perl).

Following the footsteps of the MSYS2 and Cygwin projects on which Git for Windows depends, the 32-bit variant of Git for Windows is being phased out.

New Features

• Comes with Git v2.43.0.
• Comes with MSYS2 runtime v3.4.9.
• Comes with GNU TLS v3.8.1.
• When installing into a Windows setup with Mandatory Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) enabled, which is incompatible with the MSYS2 runtime powering Git Bash, SSH and some other programs distributed with Git for Windows, the Git for Windows installer now offers to add exceptions that will allow those programs to work as expected.
• Comes with OpenSSH v9.5.P1.
• Comes with cURL v8.4.0.
• Comes with OpenSSL v3.1.4.
• Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.4.1.
• Comes with Bash v5.2.21.
• Comes with MinTTY v3.7.0.

Bug Fixes

• Symbolic links whose target is an absolute path without the drive prefix accidentally had a drive prefix added when checked out, rendering them "eternally modified". This bug has been fixed.
• Git for Windows's installer is no longer confused by global GIT_* environment variables.
• The installer no longer claims that "fast-forward or merge" is the default git pull behavior: The default behavior has changed in Git a while ago, to "fast-forward only".